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PATENTED MAR. 1-, 1904.

D. W. GURTISS. GARMENT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAE. 25.11903.

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Patented March 1, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DOROTHY W. CURTISS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GARMENT-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,474, dated March 1,1904;.

Application filed March 25, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DOROTHY W. CURTISS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Protectors, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved device for theprotection of the skirts or lower garments of children while at play atbathing resorts; and with this and other objects in view the inventionconsists in a protector of this class and for the purpose specifiedconstructed as hereinafter described and claimed. I

It is customary for children, and especially girls, at bathing resortsto play along the beach and in the water without removing their skirts,an effort being made simply to hold the skirts up, so as to prevent themfrom becoming wet or soiled; and one of the objects of this invention isto provide means whereby the skirt or other lower garments may beautomatically held up and also inclosed and protected from dirt andmoisture.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which c Figure 1 is a plan View of a garmentor clothes protector made according to my invention; Fig. 2, a bottomplan view thereof, and Fig. 3 a view showing the application andoperation thereof.

In the practice of my invention I provide clothes-protector whichcomprises a top portion a and a bottom portion I), which are similar inform, and these parts or portions are made of any suitable flexiblematerial and are preferably made of material impervious to water. Theparts or portions a and b are also preferably made circular in form andare stitched or otherwise secured together at their.

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outer edges, as shown at c, and the upper part or portion a is providedwith a central circular opening a large enough to permit of the lowerextremities and hips being passed therethrough and around which isplaced a draw string, cord, tape, or similar device (Z. The bottom partor portion 6 is provided with two closely-adjacent circular openings 6through which the legs may be passed and around which are preferablyplaced draw strings,

the thighs, as indicated in Fig. 3. In place of the draw strings, tapes,or cords e elastic bands may be employed, if desired; but I preferordinary draw-strings, as they will not be 'destructively effected bywater or moisture.

This device is exceedingly simple in construction and operation and maybe composed of any preferred material, and by means thereof the skirtsand other lower garments may be protected from water, moisture, and dirtand also held in proper shape, so that when the protector is taken offthe skirts and other garments will drop into proper position and willnot be creased, crumpled, or crushed out of shape.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patents, is

A garment-protector of the class described, comprising similar top andbottom portions of flexible material secured together at their outeredges, the upper part or portion'being provided with a central openingthrough which the lower limbs and lower part of the body may be passed,and the bottom part or portion being provided With two closely-adjacentence of the subscribing witnesses, this 24th openings through which theentire lower day of March, 1903.

limbs may be passed, said openings being provided with securing devices,substantially as DOROTHY Q 5 shown and described. Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as J. C. LARSEN,

my invention I have signed my name, in pres- F. A. STEWART.

